Just in case you were sitting there thinking you're the only one with the messy house, the fighting kids, the stains on the rug...the only one who forgot to get milk and eggs at the store. The only one who is stressing over the mortgage, the bills, the car that desperately needs an oil change. The only one who struggles to play nice, to extend the olive branch, to be the bigger person, to be the ... Read More

She was tall and had the longest, thinnest legs I've ever seen. She was like a giraffe, a giraffe with a pixie cut, anyway. Her delicate fingers held her cell phone as she snapped photos. She walked in whispers, in waves. And then in one fell swoop, she saw my books. "Oh," she said. I could smell the distaste as the word dropped from her lips and hung there. "These, all of these must go," she ... Read More

Gutted.
It's how I feel in a papery hospital gown. I can't stop thinking about how it's been worn by hundreds (thousands?) of other naked people.
Gutted.
It's how I feel when my braless breasts go sagging out to the sides as I lie down on the gurney.
Gutted.
It's how I feel as the nurse tap tap taps on my hand to get the vein after she ties the tourniquet.
Gutted.
The needle ... Read More